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Tacitus’ Horse Race Encounter With An Oblivious Fan

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Tacitus (c. 56/57-117+), considered the greatest historian of Rome, decided one day to attend a horse race for a bit of ancient Roman entertainment....

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, by Charles Meynier (1768-1832)

The Book of Psalms

Clio, Muse of History, by Charles Meynier (1768-1832)

An Account Of An Ancient Roman Who Was Not Fond Of Roman Bread And Circus

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The Bulgarian Entrapment Of Imperial Conspirators Against Emperor Leo III of Constantinople

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Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741) gained power due, in large part, to the actions and reign of a former ruler named Emperor...
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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...

Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

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The Rise, Exile, Return And Murder of Ernst Röhm

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Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm served in the German military during WWI (1914-1918). They both survived the mass layoffs of war veterans caused by...

Franz Kafka

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Herbert Krause

Engelbert Dollfuss And The Appeasement Dictatorship That Weakened Austria Before Its Annexation By Hitler

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Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, by Charles Meynier (1768-1832)

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This painting, by the French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832), depicts Polyhymnia (also known as Polymnia), a Muse from ancient Greek mythology. Although the title...

Clio, Muse of History, by Charles Meynier (1768-1832)

Two Muses, By An Artist From The Workshop Of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504)

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Odin, The All-Father Of Norse Mythology, Was Prophesied To Be Eaten Alive By His Own Pet

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  Many of the gods from the pantheon of Norse mythology were animal lovers. For instance, Hel had a hound named Garm. Frey had a...

Lucan

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Lucan (c. 39-65) "Great things rush to ruin: the powers that give bounty have set this limit on increase." From Lucan's Civil War (Book I, line...

Anna Komnene

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Anna Komnene (Princess of Constantinople, c. 1083-1153) "It is the mark of a bad general, when all is peaceful, to incite his neighbors to war...

Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400), The Masterful 14th Century English Poet

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(Sketch of Geoffrey Chaucer from The Illustrated Magazine of Art. 1-1 (ca. 1853), via Creative Commons)   Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1342 to a...

The Scandalous Death Of Duke Amalo

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In 588, King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-595) sent Bishop Gregory of Tours to the city of Chalon-sur-Saône as an envoy to Childebert’s...

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